An educational travel experience like no other
Today's students have plenty of educational travel options, but only People to People Ambassadors get to see the world in a whole new way. Our unique student trips are designed to deliver a lifetime of global awareness and readiness for success in a fun-filled two-three week summer adventure.
How can you be sure that what we deliver is different? The proof is in the numbers:
- Over five decades, we've introduced more than 500,000 Ambassadors to life-changing experiences on all seven continents
- 80% of our alumni are accepted into their first-choice college
- 98% of parents recommend our educational travel programs
- 94% of participating students recommend us too
In the section that follows, we've highlighted just a few of the things that set us apart. Read on to learn about:
Why the global awareness fostered by our educational travel programs can change the world for the better
How our application process, curriculum, and opportunity to earn credits prepare students for greater academic success
How we make learning a thrilling adventure with non-stop fun-filled activities
Why our decades of experience give us unique and exclusive access to places no other educational travel provider can offer
How we open our Ambassadors' eyes to new realities through service programs that give back to the places we visit
Why our two-three week trips deliver an increase in cultural intelligence equivalent to a full semester abroad
How our industry-leading safety program ensures peace of mind for parents
Why a majority of our Ambassadors gain even greater investment in success byearning part or all of their tuition
People to People Ambassador Programs' educational trips cause Ambassadors to look at the world, its people, and international events differently. It's a change that could mean the difference between being passed over by the ideal employer—or a future full of achievement.
Dr. David Livermore, author of The Cultural Intelligence Difference, says, "more and more it's a given that you have to demonstrate your ability to work with lots of different people. Our country is changing, and without this capability, young people are going to lose out on important opportunities."
Intelligence for a global society
CQ is a different kind of intelligence, one that indicates your ability to adapt and be successful in new cultural contexts. The CQ assessment, which has been tested and used for more than a decade, measures not only your knowledge of other cultures, but also your drive, the action you've taken to learn about other cultures, and how strategic you are in approaching a new cultural situation.
According to Livermore, the goal of cultural intelligence is not to be "a chameleon everywhere I go, but to figure out how to best communicate who I am in a different place. Perhaps I'm a warm and friendly person, but my way of expressing friendliness may look different in a Latin culture than it does in an Asian culture." Culturally intelligent people, he says, "have a strong sense of who they are" and are "flexible with their assumptions."
Once Student Ambassadors have experienced another culture, they can contribute more to their own education and learn to show respect for norms that are different from their own."—Angela McRae - Leader
Jacksonville, Fla.
What CQ gives you—and the world
What's to be gained by enhancing your CQ? Maybe the job of your dreams.
Large organizations like Google, Coca-Cola, and the U.S. Department of Justice are using the CQ assessment to determine the candidates most qualified to lead multinational teams. That's because people with high CQ have been shown to be "better innovators in the workplace, as well as people who can build trust better" among colleagues from different backgrounds.
But the payoffs of CQ can be even bigger, when you consider that CQ is a skill that prepares young people to learn about and "change some of the real atrocities of the world," says Livermore. "Whether you want to bridge political divides in our own country or provide clean water or fight human trafficking in another part of the world," the stronger your CQ, the more likely you are to "slow down, truly listen" to a range of cultural voices, and come to mutually agreeable solutions.
P2P and CQ
People to People Ambassador Programs and the Cultural Intelligence Center partnered together to develop and test a CQ assessment designed for students. The assessment also measured the effects of Ambassador travel on students' scores before and after travel.
A two- to three-week Student Ambassador educational trip increases CQ as much as a full semester of study abroad from an Ivy League school.
- Results from CQ assessment by The Cultural Intelligence CenterAll educational trips are not created equal
Which features should you look for in a travel program if you want to enhance CQ? The I's have it.
- Initiative: Students improve their CQ most when they've selected the travel program themselves.
- Immersion: Knowledgeable local guides and opportunities for cross-cultural sharing with peers both provide a more authentic sense of a culture.
- Independence: Travel without parents empowers students to take ownership of their own learning.
- Investigation: Teacher-led programs keep the overall focus on education.
For 50 years, People to People Ambassador Programs has been changing the world through educational student travel.
Our students have witnessed and participated in some of the most amazing moments in global history, blazed trails of international peace and met many of the world's most influential people.
And, it all started with a President…
 | 1956 President Eisenhower's vision defines the People to People mission | |||
1960 |  | 1962 People to People Ambassador Programs travels its first delegation | ||
| 1962 Students are briefed by Robert Kennedy en route to Europe |  | |||
 | 1966 Student Ambassadors visit East and West Berlin | |||
1970 |  | 1976 Student Ambassadors visit China | ||
1980 | 1985 Students meet President Reagan at the White House |  | ||
 | 1987 Students travel to Russia and meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev | |||
| 1988 People to People Ambassador Programs brings Soviet students to the United States |  | |||
 | 1989 Students witness the fall of the Berlin Wall | |||
1990 | 1999 Students meet Queen Elizabeth II in England |  | ||
2000 | 2003 People to People Ambassador Programs marks 40 years of cultural understanding through homestays (want to know what a homestay is?) | |||
| 2005 People to People Ambassador Programs becomes the first student travel organization to go to all seven continents |  | |||
 | 2009Ambassadors travel to inauguration | |||
2010 | 2010 National Teacher of the Year partners with People to People Ambassador Programs |  | ||
Just imagine what our Ambassadors will do next.
To learn more visit www.peopletopeople.com
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